Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 08 Aug 2017 23:27 UTC

EQ parameters

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.3M
Depth:	25.87 Km
Lat/Lon:	44.323 , 82.837
Event Date:	08 Aug 2017 23:27 UTC 09 Aug 2017 07:27 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI 430000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000a65e
Inserted at:	08 Aug 2017 23:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.7 (Kazakhstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Kazakhstan= 3.7; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us2000a65e	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1176745		0.6	08 Aug 2017 23:27	6.3M, 25.87km	5.88	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China , Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The nearest places are Bayan Aman, Jinghe, Ching-ho-chen, Ching-ho, Shaquanzi, Sha-ch'üan-tzu, Daheyanzi, Todog, Shang-wu-la-ssu-tai, To-to, and Pa-tu-lun.

Radius	Population
100 km	440000 people
75 km	220000 people
50 km	73000 people
20 km	1100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bayan Aman	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	27 km
Jinghe	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	32 km
Ching-ho-chen	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	36 km
Ching-ho	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	36 km
Shaquanzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	42 km
Sha-ch'üan-tzu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	48 km
Daheyanzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Todog	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 km
Shang-wu-la-ssu-tai	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 km
To-to	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	63 km
Ta-sa-pu-tai	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	64 km
Wutai	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	65 km
Nilka	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	66 km
Pa-tu-lun	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	66 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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